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Tax cuts not 'all or nothing' in mooted middle ground

The Australia Institute has proposed changes to looming tax cuts to reduce bracket creep and improve the budget bottom line.

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Stage-three tax cuts: overhaul could save budget $130bn and deliver bigger savings to most workers

Australia Institute says its plan would let government lift jobseeker payment while still improving budget bottom line

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Canberra in the dark over corporate influence on politics

The Australia Institute hired corporate governance experts to look into influence peddling by businesses. Turns out, not much is known about the money companies spend on political operations.

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Carmakers double spending on ads in Australia for SUVs and utes

Exclusive: Data shows huge jump in promotion and an 80% increase in sales of larger and more polluting vehicles, leading to calls for ban on ads

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Energy transition titan Hugh Saddler’s quest to cut emissions leaves lasting legacy

Saddler influenced a generation of researchers and policy-makers, not least through his involvement in the ACT’s 100% renewable energy transition

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Plibersek — hypocrite, climate vandal, or maybe just obeying the law?

Should ministers be able to make decisions regardless of what the law says? That’s what critics of Tanya Plibersek seem to want.

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PwC walks back report used to claim Australia’s nature repair market could be worth $137bn

Report cited by environment minister in support of offset bill criticised for inflated figures

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Labor ‘greenwashing’ climate record with bid to host international summit: report

Hosting COP31 with Pacific neighbours would amount to ‘rewarding Australia for decades of recalcitrance’, the Australia Institute says.

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Department of Climate Change seeks advice over potential conflicts on agency's board

The department in charge of the Climate Change Authority (CCA) has told senate estimates it's seeking legal advice over potential conflicts of interest on the authority's board.

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The last taboo in Australia’s housing debate is taxing the family home

The push behind the scenes for Labor to reform its housing policy is growing, and the PM should take bold steps.

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‘Greedflation’ – it’s a boon for business but hurts average Australians

Profit-driven inflation: People who decide the prices they charge us like to say that they ‘have no choice’, but they do.

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‘Breaking records’: Fossil fuels to reap $57.1 billion from Australian taxpayers

The value of subsidies and tax breaks for fossil fuels across Australia will reach a record $57.1 billion in the next four years.

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Cost stalling sales of electric vehicles as Aussies opt for petrol cars

A battle on fuel standards is shaping up as pivotal for electric vehicles in Australia, with new data showing they're still too pricey.

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Australians ready to switch to electric, research shows

Most Australians are willing to make the switch from gas in support of cleaner, cheaper energy options for their homes amid rising cost of living and

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Majority of Australians keen to switch from gas to electric to lower emissions, survey finds

Poll also revealed 65% of drivers expect to be buying a hybrid or electric vehicle if they upgrade in the next 10 years

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Stage 3 tax cuts to benefit rural Australia the least, analysis shows

Country Australians will benefit the least from the stage 3 tax cuts, a new analysis based on tax data shows.

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Rural Australia and Tasmania to receive almost no benefit from stage-three tax cuts, analysis finds

‘It’s arse about face … giving nothing to the people who are screaming for assistance,’ Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie says

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Income inequality surges as richest group gets more than 90 per cent of the gains, Australia Institute finds

A new report suggests Australia is becoming more inequitable, with 93 per cent of pre-tax gains in the economy going to the top 10 per cent of earners.

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Australia’s richest captured 93% of economic growth between 2009 financial crisis and Covid, paper shows

Wealthiest 10% captured growth in company profits while most Australians watched their real wages shrink, Australia Institute finds

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Economic benefit going to rich ‘inequality on steroids’

A new report by the Australia Institute shows more than 90 per cent of economic benefits are going to the top 10 per cent of Australians.

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PM urged to ‘reset tone’ of voice debate – as it happened

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Economic benefit going to rich 'inequality on steroids'

A new report by the Australia Institute shows more than 90 per cent of economic benefits are going to the top 10 per cent of Australians.

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Australia's love for utes and SUVs driving emissions

Australia is one of the world's biggest petrol consumers but could save $13 billion in petrol costs each year by adopting moderate changes, a new report says.

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Rise of ‘fuel-guzzling’ SUVs costing Australians $13bn extra at the pump per year, report finds

Exclusive: Thinktank says popularity of ‘big, dumb’ cars is turbocharging emissions and does not make sense in such an urbanised country

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Pushback in Australia against increasingly draconian protest laws

Australia is among democracies curbing long-cherished civil and political liberties blaming more radical protesters.

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